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First Class

February 2, 2014
By ainzulaikha PLATINUM, Johor, Other
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First class is always the best
That’s what you all would think
My name isn’t the topic today
And as you will plainly soon see

First class tortures you
Because you have to be the best
And first class hates you
If you are like the rest

You have to be smart
And bold
And stuff
And something else
That’s more than the cafeteria’s mush

You have to be precise
You have to predict
You have to answer right
Or not, the discipline teacher’s office
Is your second trip



Your mind has to do ‘Kara-Math’
And ‘tae-kwon English’
And ‘Kung –Science’
‘Martial-History’
The last is the worst-ish

When you answer one wrong
Twenty flips is your pain
And when you’d done right
Twenty questions you will gain

So, I ask you again
Would you dare take the dive?
And those who do not read this
First class is your last life

© Nina M., San Francisco, CA

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